Preferential Associated Anomalies in 818 Cases of Microtia in South America

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1051-1057

  Luquetti, Daniela V ^a   Cox, Timothy C ^a,b   Lopez Camelo, Jorge ^c   Dutra, Maria da Graça ^d   Cunningham, Michael L ^a   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Centro Nacional de Genetica Medica de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e INAGEMP Instituto Nacional de Genetica Medica Populacional   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Epidemiology; Microtia; Multiple congenital anomalies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOANA ATRESIA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB REDUCTION DEFECT; MACROSTOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84876802624     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35888     Document Type: Article

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